{"id":4628,"date":"2013-06-02T15:25:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T15:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/football-keshi-banks-on-god-to-defeat-kenya\/"},"modified":"2013-06-02T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T15:25:30","slug":"football-keshi-banks-on-god-to-defeat-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/football-keshi-banks-on-god-to-defeat-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Football: Keshi Banks On God To Defeat Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigeria’s Coach Stephen Keshi says the African champions have God on their side and will pick up the three points at the end of Wednesday\u2019s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Kenya in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Keshi and his team surprised the continent by winning the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa in February and Keshi believes the team still has divine support as they seek to reach the 2014 global showpiece in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not saying anything (about Wednesday\u2019s match) except to say that God is working with us and we will be prepared for this match. The focus is there and we have the determination to get a good result,\u201d said Eagles’ coach.<\/p>\n

Discountenanced by many before the Cup of Nations and rated nowhere near the likes of Elephants of Cote d\u2019Ivoire and Ghana\u2019s Black Stars, Keshi\u2019s Eagles overcame an uninspiring start with focus and determination and swept to glory.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe showed good stuff against Mexico despite missing a number of players and we will even be stronger in Nairobi. I am looking forward to three points on Wednesday,\u201d Keshi was quoted as saying in a statement by Ademola Olajire, Assistant Director (Media), Nigeria Football Federation on Sunday as the Nigerian delegation boarded the plane in Houston to fly back to Frankfurt, Germany. <\/p>\n

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Coach stephen Keshi: counting on God against Kenya<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Keshi was clearly upbeat following his team\u2019s gutsy 2-2 draw with the Central American champions in a prestigious friendly on Friday.<\/p>\n

In Frankfurt, influential midfielders John Mikel Obi and Fegor Ogude and Russia-based forward Ahmed Musa will join the squad for the flight to East Africa. The team are scheduled to fly aboard a Lufthansa Airline flight to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on Monday night, before connecting an Ethiopian Airline flight to Nairobi, arriving in the Kenyan capital in the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The NFF has been working assiduously with the High Commission of Nigeria in Nairobi to monitor arrangements and possible schemes by the hosts, and an NFF advance party flew into the Kenyan capital on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Nigeria\u2019s High Commissioner to Kenya, Ambassador Akin Oyateru, is scheduled to fly back into Nairobi on Sunday evening from official assignment abroad.<\/p>\n

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